Praveen Sood, DGP & IGP (third from left) along with Umesh Kumar, ADGP CID (economic offences), Amrit Paul, ADGP (recruitment) and city police commissioner Kamal Pant (right) pose after being vaccinated at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Monday
BELAGAVI: Postal ballot facility will be extended to Covid-19 patients in upcoming bypolls in the state, Sanjiv Kumar, state Chief Electoral Officer, said in Belagavi on Tuesday. He said patients wishing to use the facility will have to register their names within the stipulated time.
The new system was introduced during byelections in Sira and RR Nagar assembly constituencies last year. Byelections are due in Maski and Basavakalyan assembly seats and Belagavi Lok Sabha seat.
This radiantly pink, exuberantly fruity California sparkling wine is great for day drinking or cocktails
This radiantly pink, exuberantly fruity California sparkling wine is great for day drinking or cocktails
In this edition of Wine of the Week, critic Esther Mobley recommends an affordable, easy-drinking bottle of bubbly
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Wine of the Week, a new series in which Chronicle wine critic Esther Mobley recommends a delicious bottle that you should be drinking right now. Last week, she highlighted a bacon-laced Syrah. Check for a every Wednesday.
There aren’t many occasions where I’d say no to a glass of pink sparkling wine. They’re just as great for day drinking as for an after-dinner nightcap. And they’re underrated for the role they can play when poured into cocktails. But it can be hard to justify using them in a mixed drink when you’ve paid a lot for the bottle. And that’s the problem good California sparkling rosés don’t often
2,500 drives against encroachment in 2 years
Some 18,247 illegal buildings and houses were razed down while 20,116 other establishments were demolished
A crane removes encroachments in Shabqadar. PHOTO: EXPRESS
ISLAMABAD:
More than 2,500 anti-encroachment drives were successfully conducted by the Islamabad administration during the past two years, The Express Tribune learnt on Saturday.
As per a report available with The Express Tribune, the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) conducted 2,537 anti-encroachment operations during the past two years.
Some 18,247 illegal buildings and houses were razed down while 20,116 other establishments were demolished during the period as well. Collectively, fines worth Rs2.66 million were imposed on the violators in the past two years, the report said.
CIRA claim to have used Russian sniper rifle to fire on police helicopter Police denied suggestions that an aircraft was forced to take evasive action 18 January, 2021 01:00
THE Continuity IRA has said it fired a high powered Dragunov sniper rifle, a weapon favoured by the Russian military, at a helicopter in Co Fermanagh.
Using a recognised codeword, the Continuity IRA was responding to a police statement that there was no evidence to verify a claim by the organisation that it fired at least nine rounds at the PSNI helicopter at Wattlebridge, close to the Co Cavan border last Thursday.
On Friday, police denied suggestions that an aircraft was forced to take evasive action but said if there was any truth in the claims the actions had to be condemned.